Meth making caused a fire at an apartment building earlier this month, according to the Roane County Sheriff’s Office.

Justin Michael Owens, 23, was arrested after an investigation.

According to the sheriff’s office report, Sgt. Mitch Grigsby responded to 4466 Kingston Highway on a report about suspicious materials found at the scene of a structure fire. Grigsby said he entered the bedroom of Apt. 6 and discovered numerous meth-making items, including Coleman fuel, drain cleaner, aluminum foil and plastic bottles.

Shopping in Roane County doesn’t just save gas money traveling to Knoxville. It also keeps sales tax revenue and potential jobs here.

“We’ve got what we call a leakage report. This shows all the different retail and trade sectors here. They (companies) estimate I guess from past performance,” said Roane Alliance President and CEO Leslie Henderson.

Those reports give officials an estimate of just how much is going outside the county.

Roane County United Way is extremely grateful to all the individuals and businesses that have so generously contributed and continue to contribute to Roane County United Way.

During 2013, those contributions supported 37 agencies providing a wide variety of services to residents of Roane County from crisis services to families and individuals, to education and youth services in our communities.

“For 2014 Roane County United Way has received requests from 34 organizations for support of 42 programs to meet the needs of Roane County residents.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has launched a network of social media sites dedicated to quickly informing job seekers of local jobs, workshops and job fairs.

In a constant search for new avenues to inform Tennesseans about new job opportunities, the department joins the conversation 140 characters at a time to disseminate new jobs directly and instantly via Twitter.

Anyone interested in Roane State Community College’s Advanced Materials Training and Education Center — a no-cost, high-tech job training program for those who are unemployed or underemployed — is welcome to attend upcoming meetings at the college’s Clinton location and on the Oak Ridge campus.

The meeting in Clinton Higher Education and Workforce Training Facility, 214 Nave St., will be at 6 p.m. Dec. 2.

The meeting at the Oak Ridge campus, 701 Briarcliff Ave., will be at 6 p.m. Dec. 10 in the back room inside Anderson’s Grille.